Stress and the Social Determinants of Maternal Health Among Puerto Rican Women: A CBPR Approach
Author: Bermudez-Millan, Angela
Date Published: 2011
This research project explores how poverty, the built environment, education, working conditions, health care access, food insecurity and perceived discrimination are experienced by Puerto Rican Latinas through the course of their lives. Focus groups were conducted in English and Spanish in the two cities with the highest rates of premature birth and low infant birthweight in Connecticut. Focus group findings indicate that participants perceived poverty, food insecurity, lack of access to quality education, and unsafe environments as significant life stressors affecting maternal and child health.
Date Published: 2011
This research project explores how poverty, the built environment, education, working conditions, health care access, food insecurity and perceived discrimination are experienced by Puerto Rican Latinas through the course of their lives. Focus groups were conducted in English and Spanish in the two cities with the highest rates of premature birth and low infant birthweight in Connecticut. Focus group findings indicate that participants perceived poverty, food insecurity, lack of access to quality education, and unsafe environments as significant life stressors affecting maternal and child health.
